Sentence examples for a rough lot from inspiring English sources

I wanted the full expression of English to be naturally available to my characters, some of them a rough lot.

From court records, it seems Dr. Sykes's ancestors, at least in the 14th century, were "quite a rough lot -- always being fined for cutting down trees and stealing sheep".

Rinehart is the only woman among the rough lot riding the mining boom at tycoon level, and none of the others probably have to read much in the papers about how they really should be able to afford a hairdresser or a personal trainer.

It's been a rough year, lots of sadness, and so I'll try and cheer us up -- for a few -- and then I do get serious.

"It's been a rough year, a lot of legal expense and a lot of frustration," he said.

As you describe it, he's had a rough go, with lots of loss and hardship.

Maybe because it is a rough town where a lot worse things than Apert syndrome can happen to people.

From the early stages of planning don't get caught up in trying to have the exact amount, a rough notion is a lot more than enough.

Another neighbor, Joseph Jackson, 26, recalled: "It was rough, a lot of gun violence, a lot of drugs, people laying round" in a stupor.

He's also had a rough write-up in a lot of interviews.

A rough manicure that puts a lot of pressure on the base of the nails, or even an allergic reaction to enamels and nail hardeners, can produce spots.